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DEAR MR. BERKO: Please tell me what the differences are among upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas companies. My stockbroker suggested that I buy 500 shares of USD Partners, which he thinks is a solid speculation. What do you ...

DEAR MR. BERKO: I bought 100 shares of VimpelCom at $10 in early 2014, and almost two years later, it’s $4.25. I was told that VimpelCom’s fall in price was related to management’s buying favors from government officials. I figured ...

DEAR MR. BERKO: I’m single and retiring at the end of the year from Alcatel-Lucent. The company has offered me a lump payment of $181,000 or a guaranteed monthly income of $1,020 when I retire. What to do? Three stockbrokers ...

DEAR MR. BERKO: I have $12,000 that I want to invest in several speculative stocks that trade under $12 a share and that could appreciate by 50 percent or more in the coming 12 months. Give me your best shot ...

DEAR MR. BERKO: I have $85,000 to invest for pure growth for my 4-year-old granddaughter. I want to buy five to seven no-load mutual funds with small portfolios – ones containing about 40 individual issues. I have been reading you ...

DEAR MR. BERKO: Last year, I bought 200 shares of eBay in my Schwab account at $56 because several analysts believed that its revenues and earnings would take off that year and this year. It appears that I made the ...

DEAR MR. BERKO: My husband and I are in our 70s, and we both retired several years ago from the real estate business. My husband has had four stents in the past five years. I’ve started losing my eyesight to ...

DEAR MR. BERKO: My young broker (I’m 61) of four years is fairly straight with me and has made some good suggestions for my $185,000 individual retirement account. He knows I won’t buy annuities, load mutual funds or the proprietary ...

DEAR MR. BERKO: I bought 50 shares of Apple in August 2012 at $638, which cost me $31,900. Two years later, after a 7-for-1 split, I have 350 shares at $113, worth $39,550. When the company announced its Apple Watch ...